A softer start to Q3

Today’s data on lending, output and spending for July suggest that, after a strong Q2, China’s economy slowed at the start of Q3. Policymakers are likely to continue to provide targeted support to those sectors that are struggling the most but a more general loosening of policy remains unlikely.

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